The table below shows data for the field Are referendum results binding? , which is part of our database Direct Democracy. The countries shown can be limited by region and by field value.
Another way people rationalize the status quo is through the use of stereotypes. When people perceive threats to the predominant system, they are more inclined to cling to and back the existing structure, and one way of doing so is by means of endorsing stereotypes that rationalize inequality.
It's not the social, ethnic, or racial group label that is the stereotype but instead the qualities we assume that all members of that group display. A simple example is all blondes are dumb - blonde isn't the stereotype, that we ascribe being dumb to blondes is the stereotype. Almost everyone has experienced some form of stereotyping either as the one doing it or the one being stereotyped.